CVE-2005-2127

Public Exploit

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a web page with embedded CLSIDs that reference certain COM objects that are not intended for use within Internet Explorer, as originally demonstrated using the (1) DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) COM object, and other objects including (2) Blnmgrps.dll, (3) Ciodm.dll, (4) Comsvcs.dll, (5) Danim.dll, (6) Htmlmarq.ocx, (7) Mdt2dd.dll (as demonstrated using a heap corruption attack with uninitialized memory), (8) Mdt2qd.dll, (9) Mpg4ds32.ax, (10) Msadds32.ax, (11) Msb1esen.dll, (12) Msb1fren.dll, (13) Msb1geen.dll, (14) Msdtctm.dll, (15) Mshtml.dll, (16) Msoeacct.dll, (17) Msosvfbr.dll, (18) Mswcrun.dll, (19) Netshell.dll, (20) Ole2disp.dll, (21) Outllib.dll, (22) Psisdecd.dll, (23) Qdvd.dll, (24) Repodbc.dll, (25) Shdocvw.dll, (26) Shell32.dll, (27) Soa.dll, (28) Srchui.dll, (29) Stobject.dll, (30) Vdt70.dll, (31) Vmhelper.dll, and (32) Wbemads.dll, aka a variant of the "COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption vulnerability."

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 42.71% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory securitytracker.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/959049 third party advisory us government resource
http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-08-18 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470690/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/72 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-347A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-052 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15061 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223 third party advisory permissions required
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1454 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/16480 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/906267.mspx patch vendor advisory mitigation
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34754 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172 third party advisory permissions required
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1538 vdb entry signature
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21895 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1535 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14594 patch exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1468 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/17509 third party advisory permissions required
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1464 vdb entry signature
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/740372 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/898241 third party advisory us government resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014727 patch vendor advisory exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1450 vdb entry broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1155 vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2127?
CVE-2005-2127 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2127?
To fix CVE-2005-2127, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2127 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-2127 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~43% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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